Flexible electric connection for storage batteries.



N9. 854,817. PATENTBD MAY 28, 1907.

V 3. FORD. I FLEXIBLE ELEGTRIG CONNECTION EoR STORAGE BATTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED 811F124I 190$.

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BRUCE FORD, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA;

FLEXIBLE ELECTRIC CONNEQTICN FOR STORAGE BATTERIES;

S pecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filedfldteinber 24,1904. Serial 110.225.829."

To all whom it may concern.-

'Be it known that I, BRUCE FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,-have inventedcertaln new and useful Improvements in I other purposes."

i features of the invention, and Figs. 2 and 3, are respectively a plan and a side elevation of a flexible connection embodying a modir' .30

The invention comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

The' nature, characteristic features and.

scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which Figure 1, is a side view partly in section illustrating a flexible connection embodying fication of the invention.

.In the drawings 1, is a flexible conductor or wire having t ereon an insulating covering 2, as of-=rubber or rubber" compounds.

The end 3, of the wire is bare in the sense that the covering has been removed or stripped therefrom for a short distance and this bare end may be flattened. 4, -is, a lug having formed within it a socket which, contains not only the bare end 3, of the wire 1, but also a portion of theinsulating covering. Thelug 4, is cast onto theend portion of the wire and also onto the adjacent portion of the covering. In this'way there secured excellent electrical contact between theilug and the bare end of the wire while the contact be-:

tween the covering and the-lug is suchtllat fumes of acidor other corroding vapors may .not reach any portion of the Wire including of course the bare end 3, thereof. The lug:

4, may be provided with an opening for the reception of the terminal 5, of the battery plates and the lug and the terminal may be burned together.

In Fig. 1, there is shown one type of ter- 'minal andin Figs. 2 and 3, there is shown in-the lug an opening for the reception ofa different. type of electrical connection.

The lug 4, consists of course of conductive material which is not attacked by the acid or other fumes. Lead or an. alloy thereof is an example of such material.

It will be obvious to thoseskilled in the art to which my invention relates that modifications may be made in detail without de parting from the spirit thereof, hence the invention is not limited" further than the prior state of the art may require, but

Having thus described the nature and jects of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

.1. An acid proof flexible connection comprising a conductor having an insulating cover and an enlarged bare end, and a noncorrosive lug cast ontothe enlarged end and adjacent portions of-the cover, substantially as described.

2.. An acid proof flexible connection com- '.prising a conductor having an insulating cover and a bare end, a non-corrosive lug cast onto the bare end and adjacent portions of the cover, and means for preventing disconnection of said parts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed my name. I

i j BRUCE FORD.

Witnesses: ,GEo. M. HOWARD,

" D E. MALOY. 7 

